Vegetable-paring machine.



H. BOBINSON. VEGETABLE PARINCT MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLBDNOV. s, 1910.

Patent-@ July 9, im.

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4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

H. ROBINSON.

VEGBTABLE PARING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MOY. 3, 1910.

Patented July 9, 1912.

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H. ROBXNSGN,

VBGETABLE PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1910.

Patented July 9, lem?.v

H. ROBINSGN.

VEGETABLB PARJNG MGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1910.

1 j, Patented July Q,

4 SHEETS-SEEE? 4,

HENRY ROBINSON, yOF SOUTH ORANGE, JERSEY. fw;

Iin suoli a manneras eompletelyto rubof the outer yskin orfpcel with a mininnnnofwaste. l 1" .Y

y invention involves` a 'thorough and radical departure from former types of veg`- etable peeling.` machines intended for the purpose named.` v In vegetable. peelei's intended for'operating upon deep masses it has been hitherto the Ipractice to provide a1'1`,exte1'1or container,

generally' cylindrical or^conical` form, at

the bottom of which wasplaced yalrevoluble disk whose function was to support the vegetables, and, by-itsrotation, to impelthe mass forward and produce a circulatory movement in the mass by virtue of the peculiar form of. said disk; as, for instance, in my Leiters Patent No. 942,932, Amongthe @b jeotlonsto this general. type of machine may :be mentioned the cost of providing two eleiiients, respeotively,'f or impelling and' for containingfor'confining the' vegetablesand, what is more important, the brnisinor shock to which the `vegetables 'are subjected during operation. This shook'isdue to the fact tha-t each individual of Athe'mass .upon the rotating and impelling (l-sk, as it moves outward under the influence of centrifugal force, while it is atirst subjected to the action of a gradually more rapid rubbing ac.- t-ion, is then suddenly brought into Contact with the stationary side of the container and is bruised by the i pact.k Indeed, it

often happens that theys aller potatoes or other like vegetables are actually squeezed and cut between Athe rotating disk and upright side walls.

In 'my present improved form of machine these disadvantages aregobviated. I use a single element whiclg uniteswithin itself the functions of ab'rading, ilnpelling, circulating f' and containing or confining the vegetables.'

Specification of Letters P atent.

"my machinewith portions of theV outer,

Patented July 9, i912.

Application filati November 3) 1910. Serial No. 599,594.v

This makes it possible to reduce thecost .orthe machine as a who-le,*and absolutely iremoves any possibility of bruise or shockflto; the vegetables due to the causes above men tioned. i f My improvement also involves certain other advantages which will more fully'ap pear in the/course of the following-description.` v l' I haveillustrated a preferred embodiment of my inventionin the accompanying dr w# ings wherein-` l Figure l' is anelevationof -on'f'form ai llfvo broken away, Fig. 2 'is a vertical section dfi 4the same, vomitting vthe leg`s`,"Fig.. 3 AVK'isview of the preferred `painjlfig". view'of the metal supportv \vhic.l'a =pr supports the combined abfrader-alnd* o tainer` Fig. 5 is a frontA lelevation,.ofthei'la named element. FigfG isl af-planviev ofthe-' yprefei're'd form of rotary combined vabrzleri! and container, Figff is "ai vertical section/Qdi? thel discharging means showing.yalmdiilf form thereof, and Fig.'8 shov'v's ainodified form `of the humps or waves` preferably S, for' promoting rapid circulation in the mass. In Fig. l, 1 is the panof *the machine? which thelegs 2 (preferably three) 'ar'a 85 tached and to whichmay be ,fastenedffor i' stance by swinging stayboltsl'l in 'thefina ner shown,"the cover 3 preferablyy f""sl metal. The'pan is' provided AWitli'a large' central hollow boss 5, Vthe .mainjpor't on of 90 which protrudesinto the inside ofthe -anda small portion offwhich alsoprotride "at-thebottom ofy'thepan, as mayibefl tj' Gyfso as to form aniwabutment fo'rfth g wheel '7 which Will be hereinafter4 erre to"`ind tail. This boss as will be' seenf clearly`- from Fig. 9 serves as abeari g'hfor' sleeve 8 which is located insidqf boss n which forms the downward textensionsupportingdevice 9 whicliis located ins; e of pan l. Supporting device-lajestsiipn boss 5 with 'fa ring 10, preferably of ferent metal suitable `for 'bearing posed... The shoulder on tlegsupporting .vice overlaps boss 5 with a. lipll` ,whiol prfey' vents water and dirt discharged yin from lgetting into the bearing end of. sleeve 8 ijr'otruchsasuit.- edistanee beyond thelower end G ofthe-boss y attached to `this vend beyel getarfn-*li'eel 7i instance by means ofsebser'wflZ," so tbH thisfbevgl gearavlieel abuts against'. portiI n 'stantially the formas shown and servesI as .1o.

hereafter the' abradant bowl.

the bowl or rotary container and 'its supshown, this belng'merely preferred-tp 'cilitate construction. e ,v The"` bowl 18 is essentially container or continer ofv the vegetables'rotical section'of the majorityf o f lits internal area'isa -line gradually approaching'jhe, t. ,vert-ical from near the center outwards-.Also [6,0

- humps to promote'the circulationrsubstana tially as'he'reinafter described.' It'slwuld' bei,`

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" fOr Iet'lllnl of any vegetablesor water'which ,may accidentally be thrown outward.

" pose ljprefer the surfacefindic'ated in "th l drawing, andd'escribed in my former Patent No'.;942,932, made by applying.. granulated abradant I na'teria'l` directly intol the surface of the' container, .which is usually made of from t bowl.

tof-'the boss whereby vertical movement of .screwedtq the `underside of pan 1.v Shafti'll provided-with afplurality of humps or ,5o

sleeve 8 is prevented," In `mesh with ,bevel wheel Fis bevel wheel 13 carried on a shaft 14; which is journaled ,in a bracket 15,

may be 'dliven for instance by pulley 16, a loose pulle'y'17 being also provided on this shaft. -The supporting device 9 has suba. support for a bowl. 18 which bears 'the abra ant surface'and lwhich shall ybe called 1 lIt is not essential to my invention that porting deviceshould be made separable' as an abradant .tative upon a substantially vertical 'axis and having a normally7 closed bottom' and rising' sidewalls formed "to contain the vegetables.,

and to return them ,from lthe periphery t'on ardtherotntive axis, so as -to'caus circu. lation fof' the, individuals4 composing the mass. .Itis preferably formed so that aiver- 'it spreferably supplied with suitable adapted tof'hold the charge of vegetables so as to keep `them normally out of contact. with the outer? guard orvshell, intended to 'provide ."M'ore or less of thel liningof' the container" made suitablyabr'adant,'and for this piu? This is 1best accomplished bycasting'ift-he" cast iron: The abradant bowl is preferably waves 19,'a`ifd I have shown in the drawings two ,ofi suc "hum son diinetricallyopposite isidfe y,of the bowl, where- *alohg'thelmeridian line of the owlor nta'iner from near the 'bottom ii'tertbeifbifupward and flare a' suitable distancebyond the upper rim of the-bowl sfshvinfltvhereby the humps gradually rise e innerv bowl surface near the bot tow center and gradually increase in height as they run toward the upper rim of the The shape of these humps 19 is clearly shown in Fig. 2, which shows a vertical section through both humps 19 along their crest. The object. of these humps 'or waves is similar to that explained in my aforesaid struck b'y e humps when the bowl is ro# ta'ted are tossed away from the'humps and pate-nt. The .vegetables when ,the surface of the bo`wl b'eing abratlant I throughout, will: peck theskin 4at the places at-which the vegetable strikes the surface.

While'I refer to extend the. waves alog the meridlanline of the bowl, Ltheir course may be' also spirally as shownfor 4instance inFig. 8, without departing -fom the spirit of my invention. The abradant bowl 18 is fastened to. support 9 by'means of lugs or bosses 20 c'ast integra-l with'bowl 18, which extend 1 part way ythrou h holes provided in bosses QOQf-integral'wit 1 bowl 9p in bowl 9 into whichl they are 'drawn by means of' screws 21,' as shownin Fig. 2. have sh'own only, two humps as the pre While I erred number, it is of course obvious that 'any suitable number of humps-may be 'employed wit-hout de arting. from the spirit of my invent-ion. he vegetablesare placed into lthe abradant bowl 18 thrtmgh'a'n openving'.22 provided in the top` of guard casing 'orshell 3, the top of the' casing haring inwardly as shown in. Fig'.r2, so a'sto deflect an 'vegetables or water which might be ac` 'ci entally thrownupwardlyand outwardly The abradant'fbowl 18'has an'opening 18 at bottom',fwhichlmay beii seen in-the v plan v-iew of the bowlin Fig. 6, substamtiallyf of the same size'f'zas the inside' ofsleevel 8, the rim of the holeof bowl18 and v"beveled'fas shown-at 2 31so asto form a seat forv plug '24,' which '-clo'ses 'thegopeningto prevent vegetables. from falling out. '.It

318, and preferably' the entire surface, visi` 40 may be mentioned that the surfaceof plug 12-tfacing the inside of bowlf 18 may also be bradant'as .show i in Fig. 2. .After ,-theil l vegetables baile' bee' pared, plug 24 is -with drawn'fromits seat in lthe bowl, so lthat the v"egetables''are' discharged from the bowl throu'gh' 4sleeve 8. `.'lhe'manner in which .plu 24 may. be wit-bdrawmwhile the ma- 'chin continues to rotate may vary. I have for instance shown two 'modifications' In Fig. 2' the upper'end of central stem 25 of plug 24 which extends into the bowl is jour- 'naled -in a swivel joint 26, which at its upper with lever 27 this. lever oan be operated by pressing handle 29 downw rd. .Breakdown handles' of this character are well vknown in the art, so that the det-ail description of it will be omitted. The pivot 30 byy which swivel joint 26 is attachedv to lever 27 is loV- cated in an oblong hole 3l in lever 27, so that when this lever is thrownup, pivot pin 30 may slide in this hole so that plug 24 is lifted off its seat in -a vertical direction.

.Stem 25 of plug 24 is also swiveled in the body of tlieplug as clearly shown` in Fig. 7. As will beseeii from this figure, stein -25 has a round foot 32, which is disposed in a central recess 33 of plug 24:, Whichlrecess' is covered vby plate/34 with a central opening thro-ugh which stern 25 protrudes. Instead of lifting plug 24 from its' seat from the outside by the lever mechanism,

l just described, stem 25 may be provided withonlya knob 35 of which `the operator may takel hold by reaching through opening 22 of casing 3.

` ,'The necessary Water for the paring process is supplied' through nozzle 36, which is attached to casing 3 near the top, which nozzle may be attached in any suitable manner to the water main.

In order to secure a tight seat for plug.. 24, its rim is grooved as shown at 37 in Fig.

7, to receive'a'ring` 38 of yielding material,

' such as rubber for instance, so that the water cannotleak out through the vegetable discharge opening during the paring process. The Water. supplied'through nozzle 36 is v sprayed into the bowl and overflowing the Y rim and also passing through drain holes 50 openin '39 provided near the botto-m ofpanprovided in bowls 9 and 18, runs'into pan I, whence it isdischarged through a lateral l, vdisc arge p'ipeAO being attached to pan 1 at this opening.v 'The bottom of the pan is slightly depressed nearv this opening asy shown aft 41-"in,Fig 3, `-to facilitate the drainage.

In order to'constantly reniove ythe. ,dii-ti and peelings which areI Washed` from the abradant bowl 1'8 into pan l and whiclifare Y liable to collect in the annular space between A.porting bowl 9,v as shown in Fig. 1, Which` wingj'rotates with the bowl and thus con-v stantly scavenges the annular space ofl theE .boss 5 andthe Wall of the pan, I -attach one orf'more wings; 4 2 to the lunderside of suppan.' Any suitable number of such-wings 42 may be provided. The sleeve 8 through the interior of vhich the peeled vegetables are discharged protrudes a short distance beyond gear wheel? as shown at 8a into a disciarge tube L13fvvhicl1i is fastened by ineans o a bracket 44 (shown in dotted lines in Fig.' l) to the underside of pan l. The receptacle which is to receive the peeled vegetables may be placed underneath the discharge opening of this,tube,

I n order to still increase the tossing of the vegetables away 'fi-oni. the periphery of abiadant bovyl 1S, I niay attach a'deflecting wing 44 to lever 27 against which the vegel tables are thrown when the bowl rotates. By gzjlancing off this wing, which inight be preferably curved 'against the direction fof rotation, the effect of deflecting the vegetables iiii 7ardly may be considerablyincreased.

. In addition to those already'iiaiiied, `the particular advantages of this machinev are the simplicity in construction, the inacl'iine beine' composed of comparatively few'p'arts vand very few Vmovable elements so-thatthe' wear on: such iiiovable elements is reducedv to a minimum. Moreover the number Ifof abradant members in the machine which re expensive to manufacture is reduced inf't'l is niacliine'to only one, which can beeasily reif i moved from the n'iachine and which has'` iO othereleiiieiits attached to it iis`isl`forl y stance the case in' the machines ofj'the tyI 1 shown in lniy'aforesaid patent where 'forjinfv stance the stationary pot liaslanu ali-rai,la'ntf` v vegetables through center I avoid 'unnecessaryspilliiigfliei, pared vegetables which might ,easilynocci .iri ii machines which have a side disch that I claim istsfv .A

l. A vegetable peeler consistingfpf a.` ceptacle rotative upon a substantially,vert

arge.

cal axis nid having al normally'closed'.botg toni and upwardlyextending. side wallsprovided with abliadant surfaces, saidsiderwal-ls' formed o contain the vegetablesand ato tiirii the -saine troni the peri1ilie`i i,r= t s the axis of" rotation of said receptaclep staiitially`as described. 2.' A vegetable pceler consisting o arie- "ceptacle'rot'ative upon a substantially ,veiitia cal axis anch having an opening -at-the:b'ot.f

toni and upwardly extending sidewvalls,pr;o.+'

lvided with abra'dant surfaces, saipd'side walls foi-ined to contain the vegetablesandrtofref@ turn the saniefroin the periphery toward'. lthe axis vof rotaltioiiof said recepta cle,:and afiiiovable closing -ineans for the opening "ini" the bottoni of said. receptacle,"substantiall described'.

3. A vegetable peeier consisting ofa'fut ceptacle rotative upon a substantially vertical axis and having' a normally closed bot'- tom and upwardly extending side walls provided with abradant surfaces and appropriately disposed humps or waves, said side Walls formed to contain the vegetables and to return the saine from the periphery toward thc axis of rotation of said receptacle, siibstaiitialy described.

' 'ing means, substantially as described.v I n a vegetable peeler, a pan havingia', centralbss, Aan abradant revoluble membery f above vsaid fpan, a. downwardly extending oluble merli said sleeve" boss to -support'fthemevolublejinember and 4. AA vegetable peeler consisting'of a rece ltacle rotative upon a substantiallyvertica axis and having a lnormally closed fbot- Atoinand side walls provided with abradant 'having an abradant' inner surface .shaped lto return toward the center; in combina- .tlon fwlth a casing around said bowl vrislngA .above the same` to ser-ve as a guard to revdentally-'projected beyond the edge ofthe bowlwsubstantially as described.l

enl ,1 a ov.e "Bald container for removing said 1 means for 4rotating said sleeve, substantially surfaces, said receptacle having' a general 1nterior shape whose vertical section is a line approaching the vertical from. the center outward o n aconcave curve offerinno sudden change of direction, substantia ly as 'descr-ibed. y i

In al vegetable peeler, a 'rotary bowl so as '-to cause the vegetables V as they-rise along` said surface under centrifugal action turn toward the center any inaterialacci- 6. Iii a vegetable peeler, a 'revoluble bowl-w shapel container having .an vabradantl liningagid a central discharge openingat the bottoii, in combination withfmeans surrounding said 'container ladaptedto return toward @the center any material accidentally projeqtd beyond the edge` of the bowl,f a removgfle closing means for said discharge. 'and suitable means accessible flom c 0s:

sleeve centrally Vattached beneath. said row befand journaled in said boss,

' g a `shoulder resting on said shoulder on saidsleeve-,restin on the edge of said* bossand hayi'ng a extending downwardly over the outer ri .of said boss,- removablemeans for 'closing id. discharge opening, and means'for r'otatil substantially as described.

In a vegetable pceler, a rota-ry bowl havlng an abradant inner surface and a central opening in its bottom, a plugl re-' movably seated on said opening and a stein swiveled in said plug for lifting it Jrom -its seat while the bowl' rotates, substantially as described. v y v 10. In a vegetable peeler, a` pan, a/irotary abradant bowl above thesame, said bowl y being centrally. journaled in anl opening in v. Asaldpan and havmy:Ir a central opening-1n its bottom, aplug riemovablylseated in' said,

opening, a stem swiveledin-said plug for 'taqhed to said stem and pivoted totheside `-of said machine and extending outside of thesame, substantially 'as described;

11. In a vegetablespeeler, an abradant bowl adapted Ato support andv coniine the vegetables and having a central discharge opening, means for'closing vsaid 'openijng, a,

device s wiveled 'to said closing 'means for removmfr 1t,and means for revolving said bowl, su stantially as descrlbed.

12. In a vegetable peeler, a pan tate in said boss, a boWlshaped abra'dant member carried by said sleeve adapted vto having )lccntral hollow boss, asleeve adapted-to rosupport and confine the vegeta-bles andghavl ,ing an opening'communicating with the' opening, and a casin carried by3said vpanI 'and overhanging said owl around acentraly inwardly Vsloping opening rat thejtop of, substantially as described. 1

1. 13. In, a machine of the chaiiacter scribed, a revoluble abradant Ineiberj hava central opening, j'closing iiie'ansj'inf said opening, adapted to `revolve withsald member, a casing, vand a devicepvoted--' tlreto andl extending outside of 'tlijsanie for operating said closing means," sub an-f.

yice, substantially as'described.y I n HENRY ROBINSOX." Witnesses:

H. S. vMacx'unm, KATHARINE Miam.

e'.- iscribed, a' revoluble bowl-shaped abradant.': f ber having a central opening, closing` l'geaus in said opening, a device for-operatad ungssaidclosing means, and a delector-fon c the vegetables fixed tof'said operating" de- 

